Does YOLO26 Truly Offer Advantages Over Its Predecessors for Edge Deployment? A Benchmark Study in Aquaculture

arXiv:2607.09835v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The recently introduced YOLO26 architecture incorporates NMS-free end-to-end inference and is optimized for deployment on resource-constrained CPU-based devices, making it well-suited for edge-based aquaculture applications. However, its performance, operational efficiency, and deployment suitability have not been systematically validated in aquaculture-specific scenarios. This study presents a comprehensive benchmark of YOLO26 against three Ultral...